Wildflower Chords & Tabs

Wildflower Chords

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Lauren Alaina
Album: Wildflower
2011
1. Georgia Peaches
2. Growing Her Wings
3. Tupelo
4. The Middle
5. Like My Mother Does
6. She's A Wildflower
7. I'm Not One Of Them
8. The Locket
9. Eighteen Inches
10. One Of Those Boys
11. Funny Thing About Love
12. Dirt Road Prayer
1. Georgia Peaches
Georgia Peaches (Lauren Alaina)
Album: Wildflower
Track 1
2011
Standard Tuning
Capo on the 2nd fret
Chords:
E: 022100
C: x32010
G: 320003 or 320033
D: xx0232
B: x24442
Intro: EG - D x2
E
Way beyond the city lights
GD
Lies a cowboys paradise
E
Honeysuckle on the vine
GD
Growing up on southern time
EG - D x2
E
Love to dance and we love to flirt
GD
Ain't afraid of a little dirt
E
We ain't late for Sunday church
GD
Mama raised us not to curse
EG - D x2
CGDE
Our shorts a little shorter cause the sun's a little hotter
CGB
Sipping lemonade, while we're playin' in the water
E
Ooh ooh oh oh, ooh ooh oh oh
CGD
Ain't nothing sweeter than us Georgia Peaches
E
Ooh ooh oh oh, ooh ooh oh oh
CGD
There's a reason why the boys pick the Georgia Peaches
EG - D x2
E
We grow where the grass is green
GD
We got home grown in our jeans
E
We love country everything
GD
From Alan Jackson to Aldean
EG - D x2
CGDE
Our drawl will drive you crazy when we wink and call you baby
CGB
You don't stand a chance once you've seen a southern lady
E
Ooh ooh oh oh, ooh ooh oh oh
CGD
Ain't nothing sweeter than us Georgia Peaches
E
Ooh ooh oh oh, ooh ooh oh oh
CGD
There's a reason why the boys pick the Georgia Peaches
EGDEG - D
Oh, ain't nothing sweeter
CG
It don't matter where you're from come on in and have some fun
CB
We're gonna treat you like you're one of us
E
Ooh ooh oh oh, ooh ooh oh oh
CGD
Ain't nothing sweeter than us Georgia Peaches
E
Ooh ooh oh oh, ooh ooh oh oh
CG - D
There's a reason why the boys pick
Keep repeating the chorus til the end of the song
End on E
2. Growing Her Wings
Standard Tuning
Capo on the 2nd fret
Chords:
G: 320033 or 320003
C: x32010
D: xx0232
Em: x22000
(You can replace these chords by A D E F#m if you wanna play without a capo)
Intro: GC x4
GC
Brother's in the backyard diggin' in the dirt
GD
Mama's in the kitchen in an old t-shirt
GC
Daddy's diesel's coming up the street
GDGCGC
And she's in her bedroom growing her wings
GC
Ready to Run in her headphones
GD
Pretty in pink on all ten toes
GC
Nose in a Cosmo magazine
GC
All the junk mama says, she's too young to read
GDG
Little do they know she's growing her wings
EmC
They got her whole life on lockdown
GD
Doing time behind her bedroom door
EmC
I guess it's alright for right now
GD
But outside her window there's so much
EmC
More room for running and space to discover
GC
A whole wide world to see
GC
She's dreaming about the girl she's gonna be
GDGCGC
Stuck in Rice County, growing her wings
GC
The neighbor boy taught her how to French kiss
GD
And daddy's got eyes in the back of his head
GC
He said, no dating 'til you're eighteen
GDG
Now she's in her room grounded, growing her wings
EmC
They got her whole life on lockdown
GD
Doing time behind her bedroom door
EmC
I guess it's alright for right now
GD
But outside her window there's so much
EmC
More room for running and space to discover
GC
A whole wide world to see
GC
She's dreaming about the girl she's gonna be
GDG
Stuck in Rice County, growing her wings
EmCGD
She wants to flyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy and never look down
EmCGD
But toniiiiiiiiiiiiight she's tucked inside a tiny little town
EmCGDEmCG
In a little twin bed all safe and sound
D
And there's so much
EmC
More room for running and space to discover
GC
A whole wide world to see
GC
She's dreaming about the girl she's gonna be
GDGC
Stuck in Rice County, growing her wings
GCGCGC
Growing her wings
End on G
3. Tupelo
Standard Tuning
Capo on the 1st fret
Chords:
A: x02220
D: xx0232
Bm: x24432
E: 022100
G: 320033 or 320003
Intro: AD x2
A
Picked a wild flower off the side of the road
D
You put it in my hair
A
Two bare feet up on the dashboard
D
Hands waving through the summer air
A
Looking at you, looking at me
D
With the wind strapped to our backs
BmA
Flying as high as the bird in the sky
EA
Don't get much better than that
A
And we sang all the way down to Tupelo
D
Love struck right on the money
A
Heart beats beating to the radio
D
Kisses as sweet as the honey
AD
Down to Tupelo
AD
All the way down to Tupelo
A
Counting the white lines mile by mile
D
Worries slipping away
A
Took a back road for a little slow down
D
Off of the interstate
A
We followed the river as far as it goes
D
Smiling in the July sun
BmA
Hearing you say you're falling in love
EA
I said you ain't the only one
A
And we sang all the way down to Tupelo
D
Love struck right on the money
A
Heart beats beating to the radio
D
Kisses as sweet as the honey
AD
Down to Tupelo
All the way down
G
La la la la la la
E
Wind strapped to our backs
G
La la la la la la
EA
Don't get much better than that
A
And we sang all the way down to Tupelo
D
Love struck right on the money
A
Heart beats beating to the radio
D
Kisses as sweet as the honey
AD
Down to Tupelo
AD
All the way down to Tupelo
A
Lalalalalalalalalalalala
D
Lalalalalalalalalalalala
AD
All the way down to tupelo
AD
All the way down to tupelo
AD
All the way down to tupelo
End on A
4. The Middle
Standard Tuning
Capo on the 1st fret
Chords:
A: x02220
Bm: x24432
F#m: 244222
D: xx0232
E: 022100
or you can play these instead with a capo on the 3rd fret (it's easier):
G: 320033 or 320003
Am: x02210
Em: x22000
C: x32010
D: xx0232
Intro: ABmF#mD x2
ABmF#mD
I get this feeling every year, the first days of winter
ABmF#mD
Pull out that box of souvenirs to read your old letters
ABmF#mD
In the stack of memories, found a note you left for me
ABmF#mD
It almost feels like you're still here
EBm
I hear your voice in every word
ED
You told me to remember
AEBm
Take each day and make it last
F#mD
'Cause you turn around and the future is the past
AEBm
Here and now is all we have
F#mDBm
The beginning and the end mean so little
F#mD
What matters most is what's in the middle
ABmF#mDABmF#mD
Makes me smile when I look back to every summer
ABmF#mD
You forget your birthday and just laugh; you say "It's just a number"
ABmF#mD
But Sunday afternoons, they meant so much to you
ABm
The simple things were golden
F#mD
You found beauty in every moment
AEBm
Take each day and make it last
F#mD
'Cause you turn around and the future is the past
AEBm
Here and now is all we have
F#mDBm
The beginning and the end mean so little
F#mD
What matters most is what's in the middle
Instrumental part: ABmADEBm
The day you're born is just a start
EBm
Your last breath is a question mark
EBmF#mD
The story of your life is in the in between
AEBm
Take each day and make it last
F#mD
'Cause you turn around and the future is the past
AEBmD
Here and now is all we have
AEBm
Take each day and make it last
F#mD
'Cause you turn around and the future is the past
AEBm
Here and now is all we have
F#mDBm
The beginning and the end mean so little
F#mD
What matters most is what's in the middle
ABmF#mDABmF#mDA
What's in the middle
End on A
5. Like My Mother Does
Standard Tuning
Capo on the 6th fret
Chords:
C: x32010
F: 133211 or x33211
G: 320033 or 320003
Am: x02210
Dm: xx0231
D: xx0232
Bm: x24432
A: x02220
Intro: CF x2
C
People always say
F
I have a laugh
C
Like my mother does
C
Guess that makes sense
F
She taught me how to smile
G
When things get rough
C
I've got her spirit
G
She's always got my back
CF
When I look at her I think
G
I want to be just like that
C
When I love
F
I give it all I've got
C
Like my mother does
C
When I'm scared
F
I bow my head and pray
C
Like my mother does
AmG
When I feel weak and unpretty
FC
I know I'm beautiful and strong
DmGC
Because I see myself like my mother does
C
I never met a stranger
F
I can talk to anyone
C
Like my mother does
C
I let my temper fly
F
And she can walk away
G
When she's had enough
C
She sees everybody
G
For who they really are
CF
I'm so thankful for her guidance
G
She helped me get this far
C
When I love
F
I give it all I've got
C
Like my mother does
C
When I'm scared
F
I bow my head and pray
C
Like my mother does
AmG
When I feel weak and unpretty
FC
I know I'm beautiful and strong
DmGC
Because I see myself like my mother does
Am
She's a rock
G
She is grace
F
She's an angel
CDm
She's my heart and soul
G
She does it all
D
When I love
G
I give it all I've got
D
Like my mother does
D
When I'm scared
G
I bow my head and pray
D
Like my mother does
BmA
When I'm weak and unpretty
GD
I know I'm beautiful and strong
EmA
Because I see myself
DG
Like my mother does
DG
Like my mother does
D
I hear people saying
G
I'm starting to look
D
Like my mother does
End on D
6. She's A Wildflower
Standard Tuning
Capo on the 3rd fret
Chords:
D: xx0232
G: 320033 or 320003
C: x32010
Intro: DG x2
DG
She was the kind of girl that never quite fit in
DG
Holes in her shoes and freckles on her skin
DG
Every time she saw those school doors open wide
DG
She'd wanna turn around and run back home and hide
DG
Yeah yeah yeah, oh
DG
She got used to being stuck at the back of the line
DG
The kind that kept her head down most of the time
DG
Secret dreams 'bout the boy in the high school band
DG
Then wake up thinking she'd never have a chance
D
She's a wildflower
C
Just waitin' on a sunny day
GD
Just waitin" on the winds of change to blow
D
Just a red hot spark
C
That's looking for a little flame, yeah
GD
Trying to find the perfect place to grow
DG
She's a wildflower
DG
She's a wildflower
DG
She makes a wish on every single star she sees
DG
Yeah somewhere deep down she still believes
DG
She prays every night before she goes to bed
D
Pretty soon her luck is gonna change
G
She just doesn't know it yet
D
She's a wildflower
C
Just waitin on a sunny day
GD
Just waitin on the winds of change to blow
D
Just a red hot spark
C
That's looking for a little flame, yeah
GD
Trying to find the perfect place to grow
DCGD
She's a wildflower
DGCGD
She's a wildflower
D
She's a wildflower
C
Just waitin' on a sunny day
GD
Just waitin' on the winds of change to blow
D
Just a red hot spark
C
That's looking for a little flame, yeah
G
Trying to find the perfect place
D
Yeah she's trying to find a place
DC
She's a wildflower that's waiting on a sunny day
GD
She's the secret that nobody knows
DGDGDG (etc)
She's a wildflower
End on D
7. I'm Not One Of Them
Standard Tuning
No Capo
Chords:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/l/lauren_alaina/wildflower_crd.html ]G*: 300033
F: 133211 or x33211
G: 320033 or 320003
Cadd9: x32033
D: xx0232
Em: x22000
Intro: G* x6
G*
You pull up in that jacked-up ride
Open the door on the passenger side
F
There's a lot of girls who might
G
Wanna climb inside
G*
But I'm not one of them
G*
You start flashing that country boy grin
And your big city money clip
FG
There's a lot of girls who'd love to go cashing in
G*
But I'm not one of them
Baby, baby
Cadd9DG
You're gonna have to do better than that
Cadd9
If you want my love
DG
You gotta give me some back
Cadd9
Give me something real
DGEmD
Not another come on, baby, come on
F
There's a lot of girls who might
G
Just fall for what you got
G*
But I'm not one of them
G*
Now some may get into your kind of thing
That only you can make their little hearts sing
FG
Well, you can go on thinking what you want to think
G*
I'm not one of them
Baby, baby
Cadd9DG
You're gonna have to do better than that
Cadd9
If you want my love
DG
You gotta give me some back
Cadd9
Give me something real
DGEmD
Not another come on, baby, come on
F
There's a lot of girls who might
G
Just fall for what you got
G*
But I'm not one of them
DCadd9
I'm not some notch
D
On your Facebook wall
DCadd9
And I'm not some last chance
D
Midnight call
Baby, baby
Cadd9DG
You're gonna have to do better than that
Cadd9
If you want my love
DG
You gotta give me some back
Cadd9
Give me something real
DGEmD
Not another come on, baby, come on, yeah
Cadd9DG
You're gonna have to do better than that
Cadd9
If you want my love
DG
You gotta give me some back
Cadd9
Give me something real
DGEmD
Not another come on, baby, come on
F
There's a lot of girls who might
G
Just fall for what you got
G*
But I'm not one of them
G*
I'm not one of them
End on G*
8. The Locket
Standard Tuning
Capo on the 5th fret
Chords:
D: xx0232
Bm: x24432
G: 320033 or 320003
A: x02220
Intro: DG x2
DBm
Back in '41 you met a brown eyed boy
GD
Who called you pretty
BmG
He'd walk everyday a couple miles out of his way to hold your hand
D
And keep you company
BmGD
Your mama said don't call it love at 14
GA
But sitting on that front porch swing
D
He gave you his picture in a locket that you wore around your neck
Bm
Left it right beside your heart so you would not forget
GD
The way it felt when he held your hand
And you swore that you would never take it off
Bm
And the butterflies you felt said it all
GD
You were falling with the boy inside your locket
DBm
Back in '43 your brown eyed boy went over seas
GD
And had to leave town for a little while
Bm
He swore he'd marry you as soon as the war was through
GD
You would be his wife
BmGD
Standing in the pouring rain
GA
You cried as you watched him ride away
BmA
But everyday
D
You had his picture in a locket that you wore around your neck
Bm
Left it right beside your heart so you would not forget
GD
The way his kiss tasted on your lips
And everyday felt like a lifetime with him gone
Bm
And you prayed that God would bring him safely home
GD
'Cause you made a promise to the boy inside your locket
BmGDA
Oh, 60 years you two had together and he's been gone for a couple now
BmG
And it breaks my heart to see you struggle to remember
DA
And I've been writing all your memories down
GD
And I stopped by today to read a couple pages
BmD
Grandma, you sure look pretty
GDGDG
And you smile that smile, the one I haven't seen in quite a while
A
And you said to me, I want you to keep
D
His picture in a locket that I wore around my neck
Bm
The one I left beside my heart so I would not forget
GD
The greatest love and the greatest man I've ever known
But it's getting time for me to head on home
Bm
She said, that brown eyed boy is waiting and I don't wanna keep him long
G
Heaven is calling, and she said, my heart is longing
DGDG
For the boy inside your locket
End on D
9. Eighteen Inches (Lauren Alaina)
Standard Tuning
Capo on the 2nd fret (Studio Version)
Capo on the 1st fret (Most Live Versions)
Chords:
Cadd9: x32033
G: 320033 or 320003
D: xx0232
Em7: x22033
Bm7: x23042 ( if you prefer you can replace Bm7 by Bm: x24432 )
Em: x22000
Intro: Cadd9GD x4
Cadd9GDBm7
It's about fifteen hundred miles to California
Cadd9GD
They'll get there Friday if they leave tonight
Cadd9GDEm7
She sneaks out at three thirty in the morning
Cadd9GDG
Leaves a note so she won't see her daddy cry
Cadd9GD x2
Cadd9GDBm7
He cuts the engine when he coasts in the driveway
Cadd9GD
She slides in and gives him one kiss for the road
Cadd9GDEm7
No friends and no family, no job out there waiting
Cadd9GDG
The whole town will call them crazy but they gotta go
Cadd9GDEm7
'Cause when you're young and in love, yeah
Cadd9GD
You might do some things that don't seem all that smart
Cadd9GDEm7Cadd9G
'Cause there ain't no greater distance than the eighteen inches from your
DG
Head to your heart
Cadd9GD x2
Cadd9GDBm7
They can barely make rent on a rundown apartment
Cadd9GD
She's waiting tables and he's a valet
Cadd9GDEm7
They're behind on the bills and the car's barely running
Cadd9GDG
But he buys a ring with the tips that he's saved
Cadd9GDEm7
'Cause when you're young and in love, yeah
Cadd9GD
You might do some things that don't seem all that smart
Cadd9GDEm7Cadd9G
'Cause there ain't no greater distance than the eighteen inches from your
DG
Head to your heart
Cadd9GDEmDCadd9DCadd9
Last thing they need is another mouth to feed, but they won't call
EmDCadd9DCadd9
Just kids themselves but that's all to change in nine more months
Cadd9GDEm7
She wakes him up at three thirty in the morning
Cadd9GD
Ready or not their new life's gonna start
Cadd9GDBm7
Seven pounds and eighteen inches
Cadd9GDG
The doctor lays that new baby's head right on her heart
Cadd9GDCadd9GDEm7
'Cause when you're young and in love, yeah
Cadd9GD (Dsus4)
You might do some things that don't seem all that smart
Cadd9GDEm7
But thank God for those eighteen inches
Cadd9GDG
The distance it is from your head to your heart
Cadd9GD x4
End on Cadd9
10. One Of Those Boys
Standard Tuning
No Capo
Chords:
Dm: xx0231
G: 320033 or 320003
F: 133211 or x33211
C: x32010
A: x02220
Intro: DmGDmGFDm
I gotta little picture painted in my mind
G
Of that special, not so perfect guy
DmF
My heart wants me to find
Dm
He ain't too pretty, he ain't to sweet
G
A little rough around the edges
A
Cute and country just like me
Dm
One of those t-shirt, blue jean wearin'
F
Mama lovin', fishin' pole carryin
C
Swears a John Deere revvin' up
GF
Is music instead of noise
Dm
Dirt road, 4-wheel drivin'
F
Riverside saturday night and
CGDmGF
Sunday mornin' church goin' kinda boys
Dm
He ain't gotta have money or a brand new truck
G
But he better shake my daddy's hand
DmF
When he comes to pick me up
Dm
Gotta be a little reckless, a whole lotta fun
Dm
And he's gotta know my midnight curfew
A
Don't mean 12:01
Dm
One of those t-shirt, blue jean wearin'
F
Mama lovin', fishin' pole carryin
C
Swears a John Deere revvin' up
GF
Is music instead of noise
Dm
Dirt road, 4-wheel drivin'
F
Riverside saturday night and
CGDm
Sunday mornin' church goin' kinda boys
G
One of those cornfed, bonfires
Dm
Goin' down a hill in a tractor tire
G
Cow tippin', rope swingin'
A
Backwoods, front porch swingin' boys
Instrumental: GDmGADm
One of those t-shirt, blue jean wearin'
F
Mama lovin', fishin' pole carryin
C
Swears a John Deere revvin' up
GF
Is music instead of noise
Dm
Dirt road, 4-wheel drivin'
F
Riverside saturday night and
CGDm
Sunday mornin' church goin' kinda boys
CGDm
Sunday mornin' church goin' kinda boys
CGDm
Sunday mornin' church goin' kinda boys
Yeah
End on Dm
11. Funny Thing About Love
Standard Tuning
No Capo
Chords:
E: 022100
B*: 099800
A: x02220
G: 320033 or 320003
D: xx0232
B: x12221
Intro: EB* A x4
EB*
You used to want me
AEB*
But I didn't want you
AEB*
But now I want you
AEB* A
Oh, but you don't want me
G
Why can't our two hearts
D
Just make up their minds?
G
And want the same thing
B
At the same time
EB*
The funny thing about looooooooooove
A
It never makes sense
EB*
It just keeps messing you uuuuuuuuuuuuuuup
A
It never makes sense, never makes sense
EB*
You let it go, never want it back
A
You turn around and just like that
GB
You swear you can't get enough
EB* A
That's the funny thing about looooooove
EB* A
That's the funny thing about looooooove
EB* A
We were best friends
EB* A
Until I kissed you
EB* A
You know you liked it
EB* A
And I did too
GD
As soon you admit you're crazy about me
GB
I'm off and running, the soon enough you'll see
EB*
The funny thing about looooooooooove
A
It never makes sense
EB*
It just keeps messing you uuuuuuuuuuuuuuup
A
It never makes sense, never makes sense
EB*
You let it go, never want it back
A
You turn around and just like that
GB
You swear you can't get enough
EB* A
That's the funny thing about looooooove
EB* A
That's the funny thing about looooooove
G
It makes you crazy
DB-AB-DB-AB-D
It will make you do the stupidest stuff
G
You can't live without it yeah
DB
That's the funny thing about love, yeah
EB*
The funny thing about looooooooooove
A
It never makes sense
EB*
It just keeps messing you uuuuuuuuuuuuuuup
A
It never makes sense, never makes sense
EB*
You let it go, never want it back
A
You turn around and just like that
GA
You swear you can't get enough
GB
You swear you can't get enough
EB* A
That's the funny thing about looooooove
EB* A
That's the funny thing about looooooove
EB*
The funny thing about looooooooooove
A
It never makes sense
EB* A
It just keeps messing you uuuuuuuuuuuuuuup
EB* A x2
End on E
12. Dirt Road Prayer
Standard Tuning
Capo on the 3rd fret
Chords:
G: 320033 or 320003
C: x32010
Am: x02210
F: 133211 or x33211
CG
Let the light shine on my mama
Am
She's been worried about me
GF
And I can tell she's tired
CG
Walk my brother in a straight line
Am
I know he's only 16
GF
But he's been playing with fire
CG
Give my grandpa a little peace and quiet
AmGF
I can feel the years of hard work in his hands
CG
Make my days pass just a little bit slower
Am
I've been runnin' so fast
GF
I've forgotten who I am
C
And so I go where the green grass grows
G
The weeds are high and the sun hangs low
Am
Look to the sky and I say hello
FG
Like it's the very first time
C
It doesn't matter how long it's been
G
I can talk to God like hes my best friend
AmGF
Take my heart lay it down again right there
GCG
In a dirt road prayer
C
He's a good guy
G
Looks dad in the eye
AmGF
And I wonder if you made him just for me
F
But before I fall give me patience
G
Until you show me where to take this
C
Yeah I go where the green grass grows
G
The weeds are high and the sun hangs low
Am
Look to the sky and I say hello
FG
Like it's the very first time
C
It doesn't matter how long it's been
G
I can talk to God like hes my best friend
AmGF
Take my heart lay it down again right there
GCGAmFG
In a dirt road prayer
F
It's good to know I can
C
Always go where the green grass grows
G
The weeds are high and the sun hangs low
AmFG
Look to the sky and I say hello ooo yeah
C
It doesn't matter how long it's been
G
I can talk to God like he's my best friend
AmGF
Take my heart and lay it down again right there
GCG
In a dirt road prayer
AmF
yeah yeah
GCG
In a dirt road prayer
AmFG (etc)
yeah yeah
End on C